fix deadlock with reentrant calls to get head lock

Author: kumaraditya303

Python/pystate.c

@@ -754,12 +754,18 @@ interpreter_clear(PyInterpreterState *interp, PyThreadState *tstate)
         _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
     }
 
+    // Clear the current/main thread state last.
     HEAD_LOCK(runtime);
-    // XXX Clear the current/main thread state last.
-    for (PyThreadState *p = interp->threads.head; p != NULL; p = p->next) {
+    PyThreadState *p = interp->threads.head;
+    HEAD_UNLOCK(runtime);
+    while (p != NULL) {
+        // Must be called without HEAD_LOCK held as it can deadlock
+        // if any finalizer tries to acquire that lock.
         PyThreadState_Clear(p);
+        HEAD_LOCK(runtime);
+        p = p->next;
+        HEAD_UNLOCK(runtime);
     }
-    HEAD_UNLOCK(runtime);
 
     /* It is possible that any of the objects below have a finalizer
        that runs Python code or otherwise relies on a thread state